Darfur landslide in Sudan kills 100, hundreds feared dead

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Darfur landslide in Sudan kills 100, hundreds feared dead  A devastating landslide in Sudan’s western Darfur region has reportedly buried an entire village in the remote Marrah Mountains, with around 100 bodies recovered so far. The Sudan Liberation Movement-Army warned that the death toll from the August 31 disaster in Tarasin village could climb.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/04/search-and-rescue-underway-after-deadly-landslide-buries-village-in-sudans-darfur-region  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Search and rescue operations continue in Sudan's Darfur region.

00:04Around 100 bodies have been recovered after a catastrophic landslide buried a remote village

00:10in the Mara mountains. The Sudan Liberation Movement warned the death toll could reach 1,000.

00:15The UN says the truth scale remains unclear as the area is extremely hard to reach,

00:20but fears are mounting that an entire community has been wiped out.

00:23What we are trying to do right now, first thing, is to reach that area. But unfortunately,

00:30as we speak, neither any international humanitarian agency or any UN agency has been able to reach there,

00:38considering the challenges of excess, the rains, and also, you know, the flooding and the flash floods

00:45in the bodies on the way. Fortunately, because of the rainy seasons, the rains happening in the region,

00:51because of the roads which are currently submerged and there are excess challenges to that place,

00:57we couldn't independently verify what had actually happened, what is the exact death toll,

01:03what is the impact, what are the needs, and how we could support.

01:07The landslide is compounding misery in Sudan, a country gripped by war for the past two years.

01:12The mountainous range is a World Heritage Site and is known for its lower temperature and higher

01:16rainfall than its surroundings.

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